Resources Recommended by Sangita

Professional Resources

Bomer, K., & Bomer, R. (2001). For a Better World: Reading and Writing for Social Action: Heinemann.

Calkins, L. (2000). The Art of Teaching Reading: Allyn & Bacon.

Hernandez, H. (2000). Multicultural Education: A Teacher’s Guide to Linking Context, Process and Content: Prentice Hall.

Nieto, S. (2003). Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education: Allyn & Bacon.

Peterson, R., & Eds, M. (1991) Grand Conversations: Scholastic.

Rogovin, P. (1998). Classroom Interviews: A World of Learning: Heinemann.

Children’s Literature

Di Camillo, K. (2001). Because of Winn-Dixie: Candlewick.

Greenfield , E., & Calvin, J. (1993). Talk About a Family: Harper Collins Publishers.

Hoose, P. (1998). Hey Little Ant: Tricycle Press.

Lester, J. (2005). Let’s Talk About Race: Amistad.

Ludwig, T. (2005). My Secret Bully: Tricycle Press.

Macaulay, D. (2002). Angelo: Houghton Mifflin, Walter Lorraine Books.

Munson, D. (2000). Enemy Pie. Chronicle Books.

Seskin, S. Shamblin, A., Dibley, G. (2002). Don’t Laugh at Me: Tricycle Press.

Woodson, J. (2001). The Other Side: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers.

Website Links

Center on English Learning and Achievement
http://cela.albany.edu/newslet/fall00/betty.htm

Read, Write, and Think: International Reading Association
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=12

High/Scope: Educational Research Foundation
http://www.highscope.org/EducationalPrograms/Elementary/environment.htm

Literature Circles Resource Center
http://fac-staff.seattleu.edu/kschlnoe/LitCircles/email.html

Talk in Urban Elementary Classrooms
http://www.tc.edu/centers/urbanscience/papers/Teacher%20and%20Student%20Talk.htm

These references are also available in pdf format